Celestica Inc.CLSDON'T BUYDec 15, 2008Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 03, 2026. Market Open.
Has owned this for a while. Tailwinds will continue. Revenues are correlated with data centres, which are rising well. Also, a network upgrade from 800 Gigs to 1.6 T will benefit revenues and margins. Also, the switch from AI training to AI inference will also benefit CLS. The PE is high around 30x, but revenues will accelerate.
(Analysts’ price target is $382.78)Analyze companies day by day, ask if it's still meeting expectations. He owns this one in his Canadian portfolio, and in his US small-cap. Last week, it reaffirmed 2025 growth expectations. More than 1/2 its business is directed at data centre development. Parabolic move, but fundamentals have also grown very well. Valuation still undemanding.
Keep an eye on it, and don't get carried away with price momentum. Trim if it gets too big a position in your portfolio. There's a difference between a trim (portfolio management) and a sell (based on fundamental value).
What Canadian company would benefit from 5G technologies, except the big telcos? No, there isn't one. By 2026, the 5G business will be worth $1.26 trillion globally. The problem is that service providers have to invest a lot of money and wait a long time to recoup that money. He, instead, invests in the companies supplying these service providers, like Cisco and Celestica.